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Asian cuisine
Sauces can transform Southern fried chicken
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A new bird is rising out of the East, the Far East, and is capturing some of that shine: fried chicken, Asian-style. Here, the Kai Tod (fried chicken) is featured at ATK (Andy Thai Kitchen). - photo by Abel Uribe
Southern fried chicken has long preened in the cultural spotlight, thanks in part to such notables as chef Edna Lewis, TV’s Paula Deen and one Kentucky colonel named Harland Sanders. But a new bird is rising out of the East — the Far East — that is capturing some of that shine: fried chicken, Asian-style. From Myanmar (Burma) in the southeast to Korea in the north, Asia is home to many variations on the fried chicken theme.